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Date:      Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:53:18 +1030
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Jeremy Chadwick <jdc@koitsu.org>
Cc:        Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: IPMI serial console
Message-ID:  <25191060-C887-46CE-B46F-411907E65085@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20130222001943.GA92982@icarus.home.lan>
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On 22/02/2013, at 10:49, Jeremy Chadwick <jdc@koitsu.org> wrote:
>> Sorry, brainfart, it's an X8SIL-F =
http://www.supermicro.com/xeon_3400/Motherboard/X8SIL.cfm?IPMI=3DY
>=20
> I would start by upgrading the system BIOS (to 1.2a), loading defaults =
+
> re-assigning whatever you normally change, and then upgrading the IPMI
> firmware (to 2.66) + doing the same.  If you have multiple systems of
> this type, do this on just *one* which you can """sacrifice""" for
> testing.
>=20
> If the issues you're encountering happen afterward, I won't be
> surprised, but it's good to rule out the above.
>=20
> Besides, if this turns out to be some weird IPMI bug, Supermicro is
> going to tell you to the above anyway.  :-)


Yeah good point. It will have to wait until Tuesday when I can sit in =
front of it (faster that way).

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